As the Nonprofit Outreach Manager at Klean Kanteen, Caroleigh has been instrumental in the long-term partnership between NatureBridge and Klean Kanteen, the family and employee-owned company in Chico, California best known for their reusable, eco-friendly metal canteens, bottles, straws and food containers. Read more about the partnership and how each year, Klean Kanteen pays for three of its employees to attend the NatureBridge Armstrong Scholars resupply, a raucous, playful hike into the High Sierras to give the participating young women food, water and other necessities for their remaining trek.

Thanks to Jon, Destry and other impactful leaders and passionate teachers, NatureBridge has served 8,964 kids since 2012 in Prince William Forest Park. After nearly 80 years, the park is living up to the promise of experiential education that was made in the 1930s. On the very same grounds where segregated housing was built, NatureBridge centers equity in its student programs. Not only is the promise being realized, but it is being expanded and made better for the next 50 years and beyond.

Andrew West attended Yosemite Institute in 1997 as a high school junior with a group of students from the Redding Area. That trip was transformative for Andrew. It was the foundation of his life's work, as he returned to Yosemite National Park upon college graduation where he worked for over a decade.